"MOY" 2006 Obituary

MOY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-14 published
MERRIMAN,
ThomasEdward
(Served Royal Canadian Air Force 426 Thunderbird Squadron World
War 2, O.L.S. retired)
Peacefully on Monday, February 13, 2006 at Princess Margaret
Hospital, at the age of 80. Beloved husband of the late Shirley
MERRIMAN.
Loving father of Sandra, Janice and her husband Don
WELLS,
Gerry and his wife
Barbara, and Glenn and his longtime
companion Mitze
MOY. A special grandfather (Bucka) to Kris, Jon
and Jeremy
TODD,
JeffreyWELLS and his wife Leigh-Anne, Kim
(WELLS)
GARLAND and her husband Rob, and Brad and Steven
MERRIMAN. A
proud great-grandfather to Jacob
WELLS. Survived by his brothers
William and Elmer (Barb), sister Carol (Anson), sister-in-law
Olive and brother-in-law Ron. He will also be sadly missed by
his nieces, nephews, extended family and dear Friends. Friends
may visit at the Jerrett Funeral Home, 660 Kennedy Road, Scarborough
(between Eglinton and St. Clair Aves. East) on Wednesday 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. Complete Funeral Service in the Chapel on Thursday
at 2 p.m. Cremation to follow. If desired, donations may be made
in lieu of flowers to the Canadian Cancer Society. Electronic
condolences may be left at www.mem.com.

MOYER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-05-15 published
CARMOUNT,
HaroldEmerson
At Saugeen Valley Nursing Centre, Mount Forest on Friday May 12,
2006. Harold Emerson
CARMOUNT of R.R.#3, Ayton in his 76th year.
Best friend and loved husband of Stella
(BRADLEY)
CARMOUNT.
Loved
father of Yvonne
MOYER and husband Mervin of Mount Forest and Sharon
CARMOUNT of R.R.#3, Ayton. Loving grandfather of Kristy and Caitlin
MOYER.
Brother-in-law of George
PLUME, Aileen
CARMOUNT and Violet
CARMOUNT.
Harold is also survived by his many nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by sisters Florence
SMITH,
LillianRENTON, Verna
LEWIS, Audrey
BRADLEY, Gladys
PLUME and Beatrice
DALY and brothers
Nelson and Lloyd
CARMOUNT.
Friends called at the Hendrick Funeral
Home, Mount Forest on Sunday from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
The funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel on
Monday May 15th at 11: 00a.m. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Egremont Optimist Building Fund would
be appreciated by the family.

MOYER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-10-06 published
MOYER,
GertrudeMary
In memory of Gertrude, who ascended October 5th, 1989.
Memory is the only friend that death can call its own
But the assurance of the resurrection and the
gift of eternal life is Jesus!
- Always remembered by Sandra, Faith-Anne, Mabel, Heidi and son,
Jim.
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MOYER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-01 published
KAMMINGA,
AlbertGone to be with his Lord, Albert
KAMMINGA passed away peacefully
at his home with his family by his side on Tuesday, January 31,
2006 in his 79th year. Beloved husband of Jane
KAMMINGA (nee
VRIES) for 57 years. Dear father of Irene
KAMMINGA,
FriedaKAMMINGA,
Barbara KAMMINGA,
ElizabethMcCALLUM and her husband Robert,
Flora DE JONGE and her husband Peter, Peter and his wife
Ileen,
Michael and his wife
Kimberley and father-in-law of John
ANGEHRN.
Loved grandfather of Jane
BRUNELLE (David), Brian
HOOGKAMP (Kim),
Chris HOOGKAMP, Dan
HOOGKAMP (Rachel), Marnie
HOOGKAMP, Matthew
HOOGKAMP, Mark
HOOGKAMP, Katrina
PRUST, Shawn
WITTEVEEN (Cindy),
Sandra MOYER (Joel), Jessica
McCALLUM (Andrew), Adam
McCALLUM,
Corrina ANGEHRN, Peter
ANGEHRN, Cathy
ANGEHRN, Bethany DE
JONGE
(Bill), Lindsay DE
JONGE (Aaron), Stephen DE
JONGE, Michael
KAMMINGA,
Emily KAMMINGA, Mason
KAMMINGA, Hailey
KAMMINGA, Rylee
KAMMINGA,
and fourteen great-grandchildren. Survived by one sister in Holland.
Predeceased by his daughter Truusje
ANGEHRN (1993.) Albert had
been an active member of the Emmanuel Reformed Church from the
beginning. Friends may call at the R.D. Longworth Funeral Home,
845 Devonshire Ave., Woodstock, 539-0004 on Thursday, February
2, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. and Friday from 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 p.m.
A funeral service will be held at the Emmanuel Reformed Church,
170 Clarke Street, Woodstock on Saturday at 11: 00 a.m. with Pastor
Case KOOLHAUS officiating. Interment in the Oxford Memorial Park
Cemetery. Contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society would
be appreciated. Online condolences at www.longworthfuneralhome.com

MOYER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-03 published
STOKES,
LauraMyrtle (née
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON)
Peacefully, surrounded by her family, Laura Myrtle
STOKES, of
London, passed away at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance on April 2,
2006 at age 89. Beloved wife of the late Robert (Bob)
STOKES
(1990). Dear mother of Larry (Mary Ann) of Chatham. Special grandma
to Michael (Natalie)
STOKES of Chatham and Laura
STOKES of Toronto.
"Great-Gramma with the white hair" to Abigail, Jocelyn and Emily.
Sister to Elaine
SCHNEIDER of Stratford. Predeceased by her parents
Robert and Agnes
(HAY)
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and sisters Pearl
PRIESTAP,
HazelMOYER,
DorothyCORNISH and brother Bert
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON. Survived by
several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Lloyd R.
Needham Funeral Chapel, 520 Dundas Street, London on Tuesday,
April 4th from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted
on Wednesday, April 5th at 11 a.m. with Rev. Paul
BROWNING of
Trinity United Church officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial
Gardens. Sympathy may be expressed by memorial donations to Trinity
United Church and the Canadian Cancer Society. Tributes may be
left at www.mem.com

MOYER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-07-11 published
McQUISTON,
JoyceVerena (née
TAILOR/TAYLOR)
(October 6, 1924-July 9, 2006)
Peacefully at Scarborough Grace Hospital on Sunday, July 9, 2006.
Beloved wife of the late John
McQUISTON.
Loving and loved mother
of Terry, Nora and her husband Neil
MacKINNON, and the late Philip
McQUISTON. Dear sister of Rene and brother-in-law Ron
MOYER,
and Bruce TAILOR/TAYLOR and sister-in-law Jane. Joyce will be sadly
missed by her nieces, nephews, cousins, and her many, many Friends.
Visitation will be held at The Simple Alternative (416 441 1580),
275 Lesmill Road (Leslie and 401), on Thursday, July 13, 2006
from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Cremation to follow. A memorial ser
vice will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 11 a.m.
at The Church of Our Saviour, 1 Laurentide Drive, Don Mills.
If desired, donations to The Church of Our Saviour or the charity
of your choice would be appreciated by the family.

MOYER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-28 published
MAXWELL,
JohnAlfred, B.Sc., M.Sc, PhD., F.R.S.C.
The end came quietly and peacefully, in Queensway Carleton Hospital,
in Ottawa, on Thursday, October 26, 2006, in his 86th year. For
52 years he shared a busy and happy life in Ottawa with his beloved
wife, Helen Catharine
MOYER.
His lifelong fascination with the
composition of rocks and minerals led his professional career
from McMaster University to the University of Minnesota and the
Geological Survey of Canada. He was a lover of opera, a clarinettist
for many years, an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy,
and a determined genealogist in his goal to produce a record
of his branch of the Maxwell family. In 1967 he was drawn into
assuming administrative responsibilities at the Geological Survey
of Canada and he always regretted having to leave his laboratory.
He published thirty-eight papers and two books, all concerned
with the analysis of rocks and minerals, including specimens
from the Apollo Manned Lunar Landing Project for which he was
chosen by National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be
a principal investigator. His fluency in French resulted in his
being appointed Branch Coordinator, Official Languages Policy.
He was also Canadian Coordinator for the Canada/Federal Republic
of Germany Scientific Exchange Agreement. After 34 years with
the Geological Survey of Canada he retired in 1986. With Helen
he travelled many times to Europe, to the United States and across
Canada on business and to attend opera performances. He was an
active member of Woodroffe United Church. No visitation at his
request. Funeral service will be held at Woodroffe United Church,
207 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario on Monday, October 30,
2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment private. If you wish to make a donation
in memory of John please consider the Canadian National Institute
for the Blind Talking Books, c/o National Library Division, 1929 Bayview
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8 or the charity of your choice.
Condolences, donations or tributes may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com.
John's favourite quotation was from Palamon and Arcite by John
Dryden: "With equal mind, what happens let us bear, Nor joy nor
grieve too much for things beyond our care; Like pilgrims to
the appointed place we tend, The world's an inn and death the
journey's end" Funeral arrangements in the care of Tubman Funeral
Homes, Ottawa, 613-722-6559.

MOYES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-02 published
CALVERT,
IvanEarl
Of Saint Thomas, on Sunday, January 1, 2006 at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in his 88th year. Beloved husband of the late
Edna Mary
(HANCOCK)
CALVERT and dearly loved father of Gary and
his wife LoriCALVERT and Wayne
CALVERT and his wife Tammy
SIMPSON,
all of Saint Thomas and the late Danny
CALVERT.
Loved grandfather
of Kristie and her husband Joe
RYBARSKY and Gage
MOYES and great
grandfather of Alyssa and Madison
RYBARSKY.
Ivan was born in
Brandon, Manitoba on April 18, 1918. He lived most of his life
in Saint Thomas and worked for the C. and O. Railway. Resting at
Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas where funeral
service will be held Wednesday at 1: 00 p.m. Interment in Elmdale
Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances
may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Elgin Association
for Community Living.

MOYES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-23 published
IMRIE,
Eileen (née
MOYES)
Of Saint Thomas, on Friday, April 21, 2006, peacefully at Extendicare,
Port Stanley, at the age of 92. Predeceased by her loving husband
Lawrence (2001,) her parents Marion and George
MOYES, her sister
Emily and her brothers Don, Tony, Fred and Doug. Survived by
her sisters Iris
VINCENT,
AuraGRAHAM (Don,) brothers Ernest
and Barry, sisters-in-law Georgina
MOYES,
EvelynASHMORE and
Flora IMRIE and many loving nieces and nephews. Funeral Service
will be held at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas
on Monday at 1: 30 p.m. Interment in Elmdale Cemetery. In remembrance
donations to the Alzheimer Society would be gratefully appreciated.
Visitation Sunday 7-9 p.m.

MOYLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-25 published
MILLEY,
Leslie R.P.
Passed away at Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Alliston, Ontario
on Sunday, April 23, 2006, in his 95th year. Beloved husband
of Margaret
(MOYLE)
MILLEY of Alliston. Loved father of Esther
and Bruce TRUEMAN,
John and Bernadine
MILLEY and Philip
MILLEY.
Loving grandfather of 9 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter.
Dear brother of Eric and Wayne
MILLEY.
Les will be fondly remembered
by his nieces, nephews and Friends. Resting at the W. John Thomas
Funeral Home, 244 Victoria Street E., Alliston from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Funeral Service will be held at
Alliston Pentecostal Church, Highway 89 West of Alliston on Thursday,
April 27, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Alliston Union Cemetery.
If so desired, memorial donations to World Vision, P.O. Box 1000
Station Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 9Z9 would be appreciated.

MOYNAHAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-09 published
BOURDEAU,
Nancy (née
MIKULICA)
A resident of Chatham, Nancy
BOURDEAU died on Tuesday, November 7,
2006 surrounded by her family at her residence at the age of
46. Born in Chatham, daughter of Laddie and Anne
MIKULICA of
Chatham. Beloved wife of Paul
BOURDEAU for 25 years. Loving mother
of Andrew BOURDEAU of Toronto and Meghan
BOURDEAU of Chatham.
Sister of Barbara (Al)
POOLE of Richmond Hill, Larry (Irene)
MIKULICA of Chatham and Ginny (Bob)
O'NEILL of Chatham. Daughter-in-law
of Wanda BOURDEAU of Chatham. Sister-in-law of Susan
MOYNAHAN
of Chatham, John (Mary Jane)
BOURDEAU of Ipperwash, Bill
BOURDEAU
of Tilbury, Becky (Rob)
CHAPPLE of Dover Township, Peggy (Bob)
WRIGHT of Chatham and Pam
BOURDEAU
(JimSULLIVAN) of London.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Nancy was the Principal
of St. Vincent Catholic School, where she served the students
and staff with love and dedication. Family will receive Friends
at the McKinlay Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham on
Thursday from 7: 00-9:00 p.m. and Friday from 2:00-4:30 p.m. and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. Parish Prayers will be offered at the Funeral
Home on Friday at 8: 00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at
Saint_Joseph's Catholic Church on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at
10: 30 a.m. Interment St. Anthony Cemetery, Chatham. In lieu of
flowers, donations, made by cheque, to the St. Clair District
Catholic Education Foundation-Reading Room at St. Vincent School
("In Memory of Nancy's love of books"), Crohn's and Colitis Foundation,
Alzheimer's Society or Canadian Cancer Society appreciated. Online
condolences may be left at www.mckinlayfuneralhome.com

MOYNOHAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-25 published
DUFAULT,
Sophie (née
CLOUTIER/CLOUTHIER)
At Lambton Meadowview Villa, Petrolia, on Monday, April 24, 2006.
Sophie DUFAULT (née
CLOUTIER/CLOUTHIER,) 88 years, of Petrolia and formerly
of Inwood. Loving wife of the late Hector (1999). Dear mother
of Paul DUFAULT,
Don and Adrienne
DUFAULT of Nelson, British
Columbia and Theresa and Jim
MacLEOD of Strathroy. Dear sister
of Jeanette
SAINT_DENIS of Mount Forest and the late Helen
DONAHUE,
Pearl MOYNOHAN and Verna, Irene, Leo, Alvin, Paul and Archie
CLOUTIER/CLOUTHIER.
Also survived by several grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Visitors will be received on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Needham-Jay Funeral Home, Petrolia, where parish prayers
will be offered at 4: 45 p.m. Friends and relatives are asked
to gather on Wednesday morning, April 26, 2006 at St. Matthew's
Church, Alvinston, where the funeral mass will be celebrated
at 11: 00 a.m. with Father Richard
SALDANHA as celebrant. Interment
to follow in St. Matthew's Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy,
memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario or the charity of your choice. Memories
and condolences may be sent on line at www.needhamjay.com

MOYSE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-23 published
WILLIAMS,
Clarence "
Glen"
Of R.R.#7 Saint Thomas, on Friday, January 20, 2006, at the St.
Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, in his 75th year. Dearly loved
husband of Wilma
(OLSEN)
WILLIAMS and loved father of Cathy and
her husband Bill
MOYSE, of R.R.#1 Southwold, Roy and his wife
Melody WILLIAMS of Embro, Carolyn and husband Carl
JENSEN of
R.R.#3 Shedden and Janice and her husband Rick
FULLER of Tillsonburg.
Much loved grandfather of Kendra, Kyle, Krista, Kandace, Sarah,
Meghan, Emily, Lee, Nicole, Bryan, Scott, Katie, Kelly and Kurtis
and great grandfather of Avery and Easton. Dear brother of Hazel
WILLIAMS of Saint Thomas, Mary and her husband Dave
McADAMS of
Sarnia.Predeceased by 2 sisters Evelyn
THOMAS and Laura
NICHOLS
and by 5 brothers Melvin, Morley, Alvin, John and Lorne and by
a number of nieces and nephews. Glen was born in Southwold Township
on March 18, 1931, the
son of the late Warren and Sadie
McGUGAN)
WILLIAMS. He lived in this area all his life and was retired
from the P.U.C. after 35 years of service. He was a member of
Warren Masonic Lodge #120 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons Fingal,
a member of Eastern Star, Golden Acres, Fingal, the McArthur
Cemetery Board, the Elgin Pioneers and was an avid hunter and
outdoorsman. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street,
Saint Thomas until Thursday afternoon and then to Central United
Church where funeral service will be held at 1: 00 p.m. Interment
to follow in McArthur Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. An Eastern Star Service will be held at the Funeral
Home Wednesday evening at 6: 30 p.m. by officers and members of
Golden Acres Chapter of the Eastern Star. A Masonic Service will
be held at the funeral home on Wednesday evening at 6: 45 p.m.
by Officers and Members of Warren Lodge #120. Remembrances may
be made to the Canadian Cancer Society for Lymphoma and Breast
Cancer Research.

MOYSTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-05-16 published
Brooke FORBES,
RadioProducer (1940-2006)
Born a 'red diaper baby,' she entered broadcasting armed with
socialist sensibilities and remained true to her principles throughout
a long Canadian Broadcasting Corporation career with the shows
As It Happens and Sunday Morning
By Douglas
McARTHUR,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S9
Toronto -- Brooke
FORBES believed passionately in public radio
and in its responsibility to seek out and broadcast the stories
of minorities and the underprivileged.
"She made sure we told stories about people on the wrong side
of the power equation," says George
JAMIESON, a television news
assignment editor who once worked with her as a producer on the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation flagship public affairs show
As It Happens. "If they needed a voice, she'd make sure they
got it."
During a quarter century with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Radio, Ms.
FORBES was a producer at As It Happens, Sunday Morning
and The Sunday Edition. She was also instrumental in setting
up and running a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation summer camp
aimed at teaching the basics of radio to students from minority
groups.
Co-workers say she strove to produce radio features that would
both entertain and educate listeners, and that her encyclopedic
knowledge of music helped provide the perfect accompaniment for
any report. They remember her as a person who stopped smiling
only to laugh and who loved listening to and telling stories.
She was intensely proud of her mixed ethnic heritage and often
talked about how a particular issue was seen by her Jamaican,
Scottish and Jewish families.
In late 2004, she was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and had
to quit work to undergo painful treatments. It was a bitter blow
for someone in the communications industry who also loved socialize.
But she lived much longer than the doctors predicted, says close
friend and fellow radio producer Karen Levine. "She was very
stubborn about staying alive."
Brooke FORBES' championship of equal rights and her love of music
were rooted in her Toronto childhood. Born early in the Second
World War, she was a "red diaper baby" - the child of two committed
and activist socialists. She also mingled at an early age with
her parents' Friends in the arts and entertainment industries.
HerScottish-born father, William B.
FORBES, was a union organizer
and journalist. He edited The Clarion and the Canadian Tribune,
both left-wing newspapers, and later became publisher of Canadian
Printer and Publisher for Maclean Hunter. Her mother, Hazel
FORBES
(née MOYSTON,) was director of publicity at Toronto's O'Keefe
Centre theatre and once took a year off to work in London and
Paris for the New China News Agency.
Her maternal grandmother, Daisy
MOYSTON, born in Jamaica with
a Jewish father, ran a rooming house on Toronto's Bernard Ave.
that was frequented by actors and writers. Visiting there as
a child, Ms.
FORBES sat on the knee of Paul Robeson, the black
singer and actor who eventually had his U.S. passport revoked
because of his left-wing activities. Years later, she produced
a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio documentary on Mr. Robeson's
life.
She attended Harbord Collegiate in Toronto, but took her final
year of high school at Neuchatel, Switzerland. On her return
to Canada she spent a year at the University of Toronto and played
guitar and sang at popular Toronto folk clubs including the Purple
Onion, the Bohemian Embassy and the Village Corner.
In 1962, while working in the coat check at the O'Keefe, she
met violist Leslie
MALOWANY, who was playing in the theatre's
orchestra.
They were married in London and lived there three years, then
moved to Montreal, and, in 1975, to Vancouver. While her husband
played in the symphony orchestras of all three cities, she was
busy looking after a family that grew to four children.
Ms. FORBES had neither experience nor training in radio when
she started her career in her late 30s. "She taught herself to
edit, tape, write scripts and chase stories," says her daughter
Megan FORBES.
She worked first with
CFRO, the volunteer station of Vancouver
Co-operative Radio, where she hosted a morning show. Moving to
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vancouver, she served as associate
producer of Variety Tonight, which was carried nationally, and
of Daybreak, a local morning show.
HalWake, who worked with Ms.
FORBES in co-op radio, says she
made the studio her home and on one occasion, a Christmas broadcast,
turned her living room into a studio, hosting her show over the
background crackle of a roaring fireplace.
"Brooke was the proverbial 'breath of fresh air' in current affairs,
because she didn't fit the earnest journalist profile, at all,"
says Linda Negrave, a co-worker at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Vancouver. "She was much too colourful [in both her dress --
she loved bright purples and pinks -- and her take on the world],
well-rounded and well-read, with an extensive knowledge of the
arts, and just a hoot, who loved to laugh and refused to take
anything too seriously."
In the mid-1980s, after going through a divorce, Ms.
FORBES moved
to Toronto where she held key public affairs positions with Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation Radio. While there, she lobbied for
increased diversity and convinced the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
in 1990 to start a one-week summer radio camp for high-school
students from four designated groups: women, aboriginals, people
of colour and the disabled. She organized and taught at it for
six years until the network pulled the funding.
Aisha WICKHAM, who attended one of the camps, is now Canadian
talent development manager with
FLOW 93.5 radio in Toronto. "It
had a strong impact on my decision to pursue a career in radio,"
she says. More recently Ms.
FORBES taught radio skills to a group
of First Nations teenagers as part of a Vancouver program called
Rookie Radio.
On the job, Ms.
FORBES was both professional and popular. "She
was the kind of person you wanted to tell things to, knowing
she could share a tear or a laugh without embarrassment or judgment,"
says Michael Enright, host of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's
Sunday Edition.
One of her particular interests was black history in the United
States and Canada, says Mary Lou Finlay, former host of As It
Happens. "She wanted the rest of us to know a lot of stories
about African-Canadians we didn't know, and some she didn't know
until she'd discover them."
She served as a volunteer director of the Urban Alliance on Race
Relations in the 1980s, helping organize a media-monitoring program.
"We were doing very serious work," says Carol Tator, who worked
with her on the project. "But she made it fun."
After and between her cancer treatments, Ms.
FORBES lived at
home seeing only family members and close Friends. But she kept
in touch with a wide network of admirers through The Brooke Blog,
a website created by her son Matthew Malowany. And she made it
clear she wanted more than good wishes from those who kept in
touch.
"I ask for gossip and you rush out and look under every rock
you can find," she wrote on her son's website last December.
"Matthew says on the blog, I prefer mail, suddenly the mailman
is loaded down. When I say, no e-mail is fine, the box is almost
full every day."
Brooke FORBES was born in Toronto on September 29, 1940. She
died at her Toronto home on April 22, 2006, 16 months after being
diagnosed with esophageal cancer. She was 65. She is survived
by a daughter, Megan; three sons. Caedmon, Matthew and Paul
and a sister Wendy
FORBES.
Friends in Vancouver have set up the
Brooke Forbes Legacy Fund (604-877-7241) to carry on her work
teaching radio skills to minority youth.